LinkedIn Crossclimb answer for Friday, August 21: #843
LinkedIn Crossclimb #843 is the puzzle for Friday, August 21, 2026: a seven-rung word ladder, five clues and one clue shared by the top and bottom rungs.
Updated 1:13 PM PT, Nov 7
Puzzle date Friday, August 21
The ladder, rung by rung
The two end words together name a bargain event where stock is cleared at any price, and one rung in between is a title given to a British woman.
What a V stood for, in ancient Rome
Crossclimb #843 clue 1: What a V stood for, in ancient Rome → FIVE
FIVE
Five is the number a V stood for in ancient Rome.
Emulate an Olympian who starts on a board
Crossclimb #843 clue 2: Emulate an Olympian who starts on a board → DIVE
DIVE
To dive is to plunge headfirst into water, as an Olympian does from a board.
American currency that is roughly equivalent to a ten-pence coin
Crossclimb #843 clue 3: American currency that is roughly equivalent to a ten-pence coin → DIME
DIME
A dime is a US ten-cent coin, worth roughly the same as a ten-pence coin.
Title bestowed on a woman in Britain
Crossclimb #843 clue 4: Title bestowed on a woman in Britain → DAME
DAME
Dame is the title given to a woman in Britain who has received an honour like a knighthood.
Identical
Crossclimb #843 clue 5: Identical → SAME
SAME
Same means identical.
Top and bottom rungs
The top + bottom rows = A two-word phrase for a retail event in which everything must go, no matter the price. Keep in mind: The first word may be at the bottom.
Opens after the five rungs above.
FIRESALE
“fire sale”
FIRE is the first word and SALE the second, making “fire sale”, a retail event where everything must go at any price.
SALE sits at the bottom and is the second word in “fire sale”, after FIRE at the top.